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1-2-3 MAGIC (2nd EDITION

Dr. Phelan

Learn about a new, no-nonsense discipline program that enables parents to manage children ages 2-12 without arguing, yelling or hitting. Developed and presented by a clinical psychologist and parent of an ADD child, 1-2-3- MAGIC program tells you exactly how to handle obnoxious behaviour such as screaming, tantrums, and fighting, as well as how to deal with encouraging positive behaviour, such as eating, cleaning rooms, going to bed and more. The second edition includes new chapters on "Active Listening and Counting", "Ten Steps for Building Self Esteem", and four new chapters for teachers.

SURVIVING YOUR ADOLESCENTS

Dr. Phelan

Adolescents don't have to drive you crazy as they push towards independence. Dr. Phelan gives you a step-by-step approach that will help end the hassles and offers concrete solutions. The message is clear: you are neither alone, nor powerless!

ALL ABOUT ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER

Dr. Phelan

A readable, practical, and comprehensive manual for parents and teachers interested in understanding the facts about ADD. Chapters on home management ideas reviewing the 1-2-3 MAGIC discipline method, facts about medication management, and practical ideas for teachers to use in managing learning and classroom behaviour are all in this book.

HIDDEN HANDICAP

Dr. Gordon Serfontein

For many children growing up is tough. For some the going is even more difficult than normal because of a disability not visible to the casual observer. At school, they have trouble learning, they disrupt their classes and frustrate their teachers. At home, they drive their parents mad! Often inattentive, overactive and impulsive, they can also be clumsy and aggressive - all symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) . THE HIDDEN HANDICAP is Dr. Gordon Serfontein's supportive and informative book which aims to give parents, teachers and doctors a better insight into the developmental difficulties children with ADD encounter. It comprehensively lists the symptoms of ADD and them goes on to present options that will lessen the impact of behavioural disorders such as dyslexia and hyperactivity.

ADD IN ADULTS: HELP FOR ADULTS WHO SUFFER FROM ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER

Dr. Gordon Serfontein

ADD IN ADULTS is a supportive and informative book for all people with ADD. It shows you how to cope with ADD by explaining in clear terms its causes and symptoms, and providing effective strategies that can help you manage it.

YOU MEAN I 'M NOT LAZY, STUPID, OR CRAZY?!

Kate Kelly & Peggy Ramundo

THE FIRST SELF-HELP AUDIO PROGRAM BY ADD ADULTS FOR ADD ADULTS!!!!!! It provides accurate information, practical "how-to's", up to date research findings and moral support, and explores such issues as the differences unique to ADD adults and their impact on daily life, the diagnostic process, treatment options, and personal, family and work relationships.

YOU MEAN I 'M NOT LAZY, STUPID, OR CRAZY?!

Kate Kelly & Peggy Ramundo

YOU MEAN I 'M NOT LAZY, STUPID, OR CRAZY?!

Kate Kelly & Peggy Ramundo

GOOD KID BOOK- HOW TO SOLVE THE 16 MOST COMMON BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS

Howard Sloane

Here's an easy to read manual for parents who need IMMEDIATE HELP with specific child behaviour problems. Each of the 16 chapters is a self-contained behaviour guide with detailed, step-by-step instructions for helping kids overcome a specific behaviour problem.

ADHD IN ADULTS

Dr. R. Barkley

There is a growing awareness among clinicians of a persistence of ADHD in adults, and a need for in-depth exploration of the causes, symptoms, and treatment of ADHD. This new video focuses first on the lives of four individuals with ADHD and shows the effect the condition has on them. The program then shifts to explaining the causes of ADHD, presenting scientific and psychological evidence for the disorder in adults. It discusses testing and treatment. Barkley provides a program rich with information valuable to anyone who is affected by ADHD as an adult.

ADHD: WHAT DO WE KNOW?

Dr. R. Barkley

This program provides an overview of the disorder and introduces the viewer to three young people who have ADHD. Discusses how ADHD affects the lives of the children and adults, causes of the disorder, associated problems, outcome in adulthood, and provides vivid illustrations of how individuals with ADHD function at home, at school, and on the job.

ADHD: WHAT CAN WE DO?

Dr R. Barkley

This video which can serve as a companion to ADHD: WHAT DO WE KNOW?, focuses on the most effective ways to manage ADHD, both in the home and in the classroom. Scenes depict the use of behaviour management at home and accommodations and interventions in the classroom which have proven to be effective in the treatment of ADHD.

TAKING CHARGE OF ADHD

Russell A. Barkley

This groundbreaking book features: * Pioneering research that provides new insight into preventing ADHD from becoming a major obstacle in a child's (and parent's) life. * Step-by-Step methods for managing a child with ADHD in a variety of everyday situations. * The latest information on available medications. * Numerous techniques for enhancing a child's school performance. * Help for the parents: A section devoted to their own needs.

AROUND THE CLOCK - PARENTING THE DELAYED ADD CHILD

Joan. F. Goodman
& Susan Hoban

When children diagnosed with ADHD are also developmentally delayed, the difficulties facing their parents can seem insurmountable. This video tape provides both professionals and parents with a helpful look at how these problems can be handled.

WHEN SLOW IS FAST ENOUGH - EDUCATING THE DELAYED PRE -SCHOOL CHILD

Joan F. Goodman

Joan Goodman's bold and controversial book asks what we are accomplishing in early intervention programs that attempt to accelerate development in delayed young children. She questions the value of such programs on educational, psychological, and moral grounds, suggesting that in pressuring these children to perform more, and sooner, we undermine their capacity for independent development and deprive them of the freedom we insist upon for the nondelayed. Goodman argues that we need a more tolerant, less directive model of instruction in which the aim is to support the child's natural and spontaneous, albeit slow, development and to stimulate individual processes of discovery and self-expression.

TODDLER TAMING

Dr. Christopher Green

The toddler stage is a trying one for many parents. Once that "sweet" baby becomes mobile, demands more attention and learns to say "NO", parenting can be difficult. The practical advice, humour, and common sense in TODDLER TAMING will help you enjoy the toddler years and cope with things like: toilet training, tantrums and other tricks, being a working mother, discipline that works, toddler-proofing your home, nasty habits (in nice children), and feeding without fights.

UNDERSTANDING ADD

Dr. Christopher Green
& Dr. Kit Chee

In his typically friendly and clear style the well known Dr. Christopher Green, with Dr. Kit Chee, explains this elusive and distressing condition which affects learning and behaviour. UNDERSTANDING ADD is a book for parents, teachers and health professionals which dispels the myths and gives a clear overview of ADD: the causes, the behaviours and the treatments. It is full of well-tried, practical strategies to help cope with common ADD problems such as inattention, impulsiveness and underachievement.

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER AND LEARNING DISABILITIES

Barbara D. Ingersoll
& Sam Goldstein

At last! A comprehensive handbook on the best treatments available for ADD. Two internationally renowned experts present a guide designed to help parents and professionals recognize symptoms of learning disabilities and attentional disorders and to outline various treatment approaches. Covers in detail conventional treatments that have been scientifically validated plus more controversial methods of treatment such as orthomolecular therapies, amino acid supplementation, dietary interventions, EEG biofeedback, cognitive therapy, sensory integration therapy, and visual training.

ALL ABOUT ADD : UNDERSTANDING ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER

Mark Selikowitz

Dr. Selikowitz concentrates on information that is of practical relevance to parents in understanding their children's difficulties and in helping them to overcome them. His advice is always cogent and compassionate. ALL ABOUT ADD will also be of great value to professionals such as teachers, psychologists, speech therapists, occupational therapists and doctors wanting an authoritative and up-to-date review of this important subject.

DYSLEXIA & OTHER LEARNING DIFFICULTIES:

Mark Selikowitz

This book is about the problems of intelligent children who struggle to learn. Dr. Selikowitz has written a clear and sympathetic guide to the often controversial subject of dyslexia and other learning disorders. He deals with difficulties in traditional academic areas such as reading, spelling, and arithmetic, and tackles more subtle conditions such as clumsiness, social unease, and hyperactivity. He describes clearly what is known about these problems, concentrating on information that is of practical relevance to parents in understanding their children's difficulties and in helping them to overcome them and improve their self-esteem.

DEVELOPING SELF ESTEEM : A GUIDE FOR POSITIVE SUCCESS

Connie Palladino

This is a practical, realistic, motivating book designed to increase feelings of self-esteem. It introduces new techniques, ideas, and exercises which help readers assess how they feel about themselves and provides a step-by-step program to develop self-confidence and improve self-esteem.

FINDING YOUR PURPOSE: A GUIDE TO PERSONAL FULFILMENT

Barbara J. Braham

Read and learn to grow toward self-actualisation by discovering your purpose, the five masks that may be counselling your passion, to clarify and select your most important values, and to break through the blocks and develop your intuition

BALANCING HOME AND CAREER: SKILLS FOR SUCCESSFUL LIFE MANAGEMENT

Pamela Conrad

This book was developed for those who feel burdened with too many responsibilities and without time for enough personal enjoyment. It will help explore and define your home responsibilities, your career requirements and how you spend leisure time. It will offer options which can help put quality time where you want it (into family; other relationships; your career; studies; hobbies; recreation or other commitments). It will also help you deal with any feelings that arise.

CONCENTRATION : HOW TO FOCUS FOR SUCCESS

Sam Horn

This book provides practical. step-by-step strategies you can learn that will help you concentrate better in all areas of your life, at work or at play. You will also discover how to help other people acquire this important ability. This is a workbook in a real sense of the word. It should be read with a pencil in hand to underline the ideas that are particularly relevant for you.

ORGANISING YOUR WORKSPACE: A GUIDE TO PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY

Odette Pollar

This is for all of you who, upon scanning the piles on your desk, have said "I can lay my hands on anything", and then could not. This is for all of you who have just one organizing system called vertical stacking and for those of you who have five or six or perhaps ten separate organizing systems, one for each aspect of your job. This book will help you get organized and stay organized!

STOP PROCRASTINATING: GET TO WORK!

James R. Sherman

This is not like most books. It stands out from other self-help books in an important way. It is not a book to read - it is a book to use. The unique "self-paced" format of this book and the many cases and worksheets encourage the reader to get involved and try some new ideas immediately.

PERSONAL TIME MANAGEMENT

Marion E. Haynes

This book will help you become a better manager of time. However, it will not manage time for you. This is your responsibility. Effective time management is a experience in self-discipline, and you are the key to its success. If you use the principles and techniques in this book, you will manage your time with less stress and accomplish more. Better time management is within your grasp. If you are motivated to complete this book and apply the ideas it contains, you will gain from the experience.

OTTO LEARNS ABOUT HIS MEDICINE

Matthew Galvin MD

A story about medication for hyperactive children. A wonderful book explaining attention deficit disorder in a story format which is intended to be read to and by the child. Otto, a fidgety young car that has trouble paying attention in school, visits a special mechanic who prescribes a medicine to control his hyperactive behaviour. Ages 5-10

PUTTING ON THE BRAKES

Patricia O. Quinn, M.D.
and Judith Stern, MA

An honest, accessible overview of ADHD for children ages 8 to 12. The book focuses on the feelings and emotions of children with ADHD and suggests specific techniques for gaining control of the situation, becoming better organized, and functioning better at school, home, and with friends. Children with ADHD will find the acknowledgment and explanation of their problems a relief, and the coping strategies a great help.

PUTTING ON THE BRAKES ACTIVITYBOOK FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ADHD

Patricia O. Quinn, M.D.
and Judith Stern, MA

Using pictures, puzzles, mazes and more, kids learn skills of problem solving, organizing, setting priorities, planning and maintaining control. Ages 8-12

ADD A GUIDE FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS

Raelene Allen

Attention-deficit disorder, formerly known as hyperactivity, affects between two and three per cent of Australian children, and can cause severe problems for their families as well as in the classroom. Diagnosis can be difficult, requiring good communication between health professionals, parents and teachers. This comprehensive book explains how this may be achieved, and outlines treatment options such as drug therapy and behaviour modification techniques.

AUTISM & ASPERGER SYNDROME

Edited by UTA FRITH

This book is highly commended to a variety of readers, including medical and behavioural scientists, parents, friends and even sufferers from Asperger syndrome. It is clear , succinct and so far unique in its presentation of important findings, relating to this impairment. There are many suggestions as to the next steps in empirical investigation, and a wealth of human wisdom pervades the whole.

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER: THE FACTS

Padmal de Silva
& Stanley Rachman

This book deals with a relatively common psychological problem; obsessive - compulsive disorder - whose symptoms may include excessive hand-washing and other cleaning rituals, compulsive checking of tasks performed, or repugnant, intrusive thoughts. Drawing on their clinical experience, the authors give a brief and lucid account of the nature of obsessions and compulsions.

DON'T PANIC! OVERCOMING ANXIETY, PHOBIAS &TENSION

Dr. Andrew Page

We all feel anxious from time to time, but for some of us anxiety is a chronic and disabling state, manifested in such problems as uncontrollable worries, phobias, panic attacks and constant physical tension. Anxiety disorders expert Dr. Andrew Page describes how to recognise problem anxiety, and how it can be controlled by a combination of slow breathing, facing fears, straight thinking and whole body relaxation.

Last Updated on 27/10/97 Tosueny@Bigpond.com